Martinique, St. Vincent-Guadeloupe-Martinique, ——— Sixty-Six Shillings, BRAZIL, Maria I and Peter III, 6,400 Réis, 1786, Rio, with a small central hole where a plug had been inserted to bring the coin up to the 7½ dwt standard, obv. countermarked with s raised within a square indent four times spaced around the edge; plug removed on Guadeloupe and passed in error at Twenty Livres per gros (authorised April 1803); the coin moved to Martinique, valued at Twenty-Two Livres per gros and obv. countermarked with 22 above eagle raised within a shaped indent (authorised September 1805), 11.50g/177.6gr/7.40 dwt (cf. Gordon 10, 15 and 19). Coin about very fine, countermarks very fine or better, of the highest rarity £3,000-3,500

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Collection of Cut and Countermarked Coins formed by the late Edward Roehrs.

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Provenance: A. Salles Collection, Étienne Bourgey Auction (Paris), 1-2 July 1929, lot 309; J.J. Ford Jr Collection, Glendining Auction, 16 October 1989, lot 260